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What if My Life Insurance Doesn’t Pay the Death Benefit to My Survivors?

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Keywords: insurance, estate planning, contestability period, suicide clause,

What is the “Life with Period Certain” Option?

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Keywords: taxation, annuities, insurance, retirement accounts, years certain, life with cash refund, life with period certain,

What is the FCC?

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Keywords: advertising, communications media, virtual interactions, content regulation, ratings, radio, film, television, internet, satellite,

What are Periodic Distributions from a 401(k)?

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Keywords: taxation, retirement accounts, vesting, age 70 ½, lump sum payment, non-periodic payments, lump sum distributions, withholding,

What is Dividend Adjusted Return?

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Keywords: dividends, preferred stock, convertible, Dividend Discount Model (DDM), intrinsic value, Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), dividend adjusted return,

What is Medicare Part C?

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Keywords: insurance, social security, medical expenses, election period, Disenrollment Period, Dental and Vision coverage, HMO, PPO,

What is a Convertible Bond?

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Keywords: equity, Stock, bond, interest rate, convertible securities,

If I Want to Establish a SIMPLE IRA, Do I Have to Establish One for All Employees of My Business?

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Keywords: taxation, retirement accounts, elections, employee benefits, summary plan description, election period, eligibility requirements, SPD,

What is Convertible Preferred Stock?

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Keywords: risk, Stock, preferred stock, common stock, convertible securities,

What is a Bank Statement?

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Keywords: accrual accounting, cash basis, bank account, bank reconciliation statement, accounting period, balance,

What is currency convertibility?

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Keywords: China, foreign exchange reserves, currency conversion charges, closed economies, non-convertible currencies, Cuba, Russia,

What is an Account Balance?

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Keywords: savings, credit, in the black, in the red, checking account, personal accounts, business ledger accounts, current account, debit,

What is a Preferred Stock?

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Keywords: bonds, common stock, participating, callable, convertible, hybrid securities, MIPS, QUIPS, TOPrS,

What is secondary market?

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Keywords: secondary market, primary market, Initial Public Offering (IPO), waiting period, outstanding shares,

What is Dividend Enhanced Convertible Stock (DECS)?

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Keywords: dividends, preferred stock, convertible, convertible securities, Preferred Equity Redeemable Cumulative (PERC), Dividend Enhanced Convertible Stock (DECS),

What are the Different Types of Annuities?

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Keywords: annuities, insurance, lifetime income, variable annuities, fixed annuities, indexed annuities, period income annuities, SPIA, deferred annuities, joint-life annuities,

What is a Lifetime Payout Annuity?

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Keywords: annuities, retirement income, life annuity, joint-life annuities, life with period certain, life only annuity,

What Payout Options Do I Have?

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Keywords: taxation, annuities, retirement accounts, lump sum, lifetime income, joint-life annuities, last-in first-out (LIFO), non-periodic withdrawals, asset preservation, asset protection,

What is a Life Estate?

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Keywords: estate planning, Medicaid, life tenant, Medicaid look-back period, remainder owner,

What is Diluted Earnings Per Share?

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Keywords: windfall, assets and liabilities, death spiral, diluted earnings per share, shareholder's equity, convertible securities, dilution,

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